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Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes: Ein Weg zu mehr Beschäftigung?
Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Die Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes ist ein wesentliches Element der im Januar 2004 in Deutschland in Kraft gesetzten … Legislation: A Road to More Employment? A key feature of the recent labor market reforms in Germany is liberalization of dismissal …
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Threshold Effects of Dismissal Protection Legislation in Germany
Verick, Sher - 2004
Germany to identify employment effects of the legislation for small establishments. Using a panel of establishments for the …
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Kombilohn oder Workfare? Zur Wirksamkeit zweier arbeitsmarktpolitischer Strategien
Bonin, Holger; Kempe, Wolfram; Schneider, Hilmar - 2002
Das heutige System der sozialen Mindestsicherung verhindert in Deutschland die Ausbildung eines Niedriglohnsektors … sind. Ein alternativer, ursachenorientierter Ansatz ist die Senkung des sozialen Leistungsniveaus durch Workfare. Eine … of a workfare strategy. The potential wages of transfer recipients, estimated on the basis of the German Socio …
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Employment Consequences of Restrictive Permanent Contracts: Evidence from Spanish Labor Market Reforms
Kugler, Adriana D.; Jimeno, Juan F.; Hernanz, Virginia - 2003
Temporary employment contracts allowing unrestricted dismissals were introduced in Spain in 1984 and quickly came to account for most new jobs. As a result, temporary employment increased from around 10% in the mid-eighties to more than 30% in the early nineties. In 1997, however, the Spanish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274498
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Active labor market programs: Employment gain or fiscal drain?
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Koettl, Johannes - 2012
This paper provides a new perspective by classifying active labor market programs (ALMPs) depending on their main objectives and their relevance and cost-effectiveness during normal times, during a crisis, and during recovery. We distinguish ALMPs that provide: (i) incentives for retaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289945
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Active Labor Market Programs: Employment Gain or Fiscal Drain?
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Koettl, Johannes - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper provides a new perspective by classifying active labor market programs (ALMPs) depending on their main objectives and their relevance and cost-effectiveness during normal times, during a crisis, and during recovery. We distinguish ALMPs that provide: (i) incentives for retaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207666
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Labour Market Flexibility and Employment Protection Regulation in the Baltic States
Masso, Jaan; Eamets, Raul - 2004
There is increasing pressure for the flexibility of labour markets both in current EU member states and candidate countries. The paper aims to estimate the strictness of employment protection regulation, one of the most relevant aspects of labour market flexibility, and the degree of its actual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261896
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The Effects of Multiple Minimum Wages Throughout the Labor Market
Terrell, Katherine; Gindling, T. H. - 2004
This paper investigates the effects of legal minimum wages on wages, employment, hours worked and monthly earnings among workers covered by minimum wage legislation as well as those for whom it does not apply (the uncovered sector) in Costa Rica. This country?s large uncovered sector and complex...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261907
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Minimum Wages, Inequality and Globalization
Terrell, Katherine; Gindling, T. H. - 2004
This paper contributes to our understanding of the impact of institutions on incomes of workers in developing countries by rigorously addressing the question as to whether changes in minimum wages can change the inequality of the distribution of earnings. More specifically, we analyze whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261908
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Temporary Jobs, Employ Protection and Labor Market Performance
Postel-Vinay, Fabien; Cahuc, Pierre - 2001
Many European labor markets are characterized by heavy employment protection taxes and the widespread use of fixed-duration contracts. The simultaneous use of these two policy instruments seems somewhat contradictory since the former primarily aims at limiting job destruction whereas the latter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262463